The Reality Of Who He Is. Daily Devotional by Bill Johnson
Be Still, And Know That I Am God. —Psalm 46:10
I ’ve heard people say they don’t believe in God anymore after experiencing a disappointment or tragic loss of some sort.
I don’t mean to treat their situation with disregard, but you can’t turn a consciousness of God on and off like that. You may be mad at God. You may accuse Him and refuse to serve Him, but you can’t decide He no longer exists.
To claim atheism as a belief system doesn’t get rid of Him. It merely deadens a person’s awareness of Him and attempts to remove the awareness of his need for Him from the context of daily life. Merely changing our theology changes us, not Him.
But when what we believe is anchored in the reality of who He is, earth comes into agreement with Heaven where the reality of His world increasingly invades ours, manifested in both power and glory.
His goodness is beyond our ability to comprehend, but not our ability to experience. Our hearts will take us where our heads can’t fit.
PRAYER
Lord, I want Your truth to come and be a part of me, until even my thoughts begin to look like You. Help me to renew my mind, so I can be filled up with your truth.
Bill Johnson
Bill Johnson is a fifth generation pastor. He was pastor at Mountain Chapel in Weaverville for 17 years, and in 1996 he took up the pastorate at Bethel Church in Redding. His ministry has been characterized by a constant revival and the manifestation of miracles.
